linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: of: fix memory leak

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Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2015 14:14:16 +0300
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: of: fix memory leak


On 30/09/15 12:54, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> If of_parse_display_timing() fails we are printing an error message and
> jumping to the error path but we missed freeing "dt".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
> ---
>  drivers/video/of_display_timing.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c b/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c
> index 32d8275..8a1076b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/of_display_timing.c
> @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ struct display_timings *of_get_display_timings(struct device_node *np)
>  			 */
>  			pr_err("%s: error in timing %d\n",
>  				of_node_full_name(np), disp->num_timings + 1);
> +			kfree(dt);
>  			goto timingfail;
>  		}

Thanks, queued for 4.3 fixes.

 Tomi


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